Grammatical and Lexical Variance in EnglishLongman, 1995 - 220 páginas This volume addresses the two extremes of grammatical and lexical variance. One is at the societal end of linguistic experience and the other concerns the more technical matter of the detailed specific and individual realisations of variation. |
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... grammatical form ( say , burnt or an animal's eyes ) rather than another ( burned or the eyes of an animal ) ; the preference for one lexical item ( wander , perhaps , or freedom ) over another ( meander , liberty ) . In some cases ...
... grammatical form ( say , burnt or an animal's eyes ) rather than another ( burned or the eyes of an animal ) ; the preference for one lexical item ( wander , perhaps , or freedom ) over another ( meander , liberty ) . In some cases ...
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... grammatical feature of N which , as Table 10.1 shows , is overwhelmingly an indefinite noun phrase , typically singular with the indefinite article , irrespective of the V. This has , of course , been frequently remarked ( cf. Olsson ...
... grammatical feature of N which , as Table 10.1 shows , is overwhelmingly an indefinite noun phrase , typically singular with the indefinite article , irrespective of the V. This has , of course , been frequently remarked ( cf. Olsson ...
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... grammatical variants This table summarises the results from a number of tests that can be considered together , since all are concerned with hypotheses as to what latent contrast there may be in certain grammatical variants . Thus the ...
... grammatical variants This table summarises the results from a number of tests that can be considered together , since all are concerned with hypotheses as to what latent contrast there may be in certain grammatical variants . Thus the ...
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the global context | 1 |
Variance and the concept of good usage | 10 |
Language varieties and standard language | 21 |
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